Revisiting upper eyelid anatomy: Introduction of the septal extension

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-70

  Reid, Russell R ^a   Said, Hakim K ^a   Yu, Maurice ^a   Haines III, G Kenneth ^a   Few, Julius W ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Div of Plast and Reconstr Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STAINING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICHOME; UPPER EYELID; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 33644860213     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000194923.99879.90     Document Type: Article

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